When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process is similar on a symbolic level in the Bible. Food represents the desire for good and the insight that comes from that desire for good – goodness and understanding that come from the Lord. But to put them to use we have to take them in and make them our own – which is spiritual eating.

5112. 'in my dream' means a foretelling. This is clear from the meaning of 'a dream' as foresight, and from this a foretelling, dealt with above in 5091, 5092, 5104.